Today I Joined The Colt Club

[ericire12]

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you still suck, but Happy New Year anyway...[/size]

 

+1 billion

[Timothy]

Has anyone wondered how Bill managed to aquire two firearms from Colt that are restricted to military and police departments and not generally available to the general public?

Oh yea Bill, though I'm not much of a black rifle guy, I'll agree that you definately suck but in a very envious American sort of way......what you're doing is commendable.

Enjoy!

[m25operator]

It's not hard to get the leo stuff, it will be a good product but overpriced. I have one colt ar, and few 1911's , 2 revolvers.

Damn Bill your getting close to me, and that is scary.


YOU AND MEL ENJOY

[billt]

It's not hard to get the leo stuff, it will be a good product but overpriced. I have one colt ar, and few 1911's , 2 revolvers.

Damn Bill your getting close to me, and that is scary.


YOU AND MEL ENJOY

You're right, I think Colt is a little too pricey as well. All the internals are supposed to be Mil-Spec. I hope they run good. We'll hopefully see today.  Bill T.

[fightingquaker13]

This guy buys everything in twos and threes. I still wonder if there is a spare Mrs. BillT.
Actually a smart man, buy two, one for the wife and problem solved.
FQ13

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[billt]

Mel and I went to the range yesterday to try out the Colts, and some of the other guns we've gotten over the last couple of weeks. It was chilly and windy, but we still managed to go through almost 350 rounds of 9 MM, and 250 rounds of .223.

The Colts shot very well. The sights were almost perfect on both of them. Not one FTF or FTE, even with my handloads. It was a bit too windy for any real accuracy testing, but it was easy to tell the guns were far more accurate than we were, especially yesterday. The most fun was the Rock River Arms 9 MM carbine! That thing is a blast to shoot! I had 3 different kinds of ammo. Federal 115 Gr. Ball, (Wal-Mart), some Winchester NATO, and PMC Ball. All of it ran well in all the guns. The Rock River Carbine, as well as the Sig and Beretta. All of the magazine we had fed everything without a hitch.

Even in the afternoon it was still cold with the wind. We spent the better part of last night cleaning everything. That is the one thing I hate about D.I. AR-15's! They get so damn dirty. Anyway it was a good, fun day overall. The only bad thing is I woke up this morning with an awful bad sore throat. I hope I'm not getting something. I'm back at work tomorrow. We ended up falling asleep before midnight. Just too tired from shooting what amounted to late in the afternoon.  Bill T.

[CDR]

Congrats Bill on the Colt ARs.  A question for you, did yours come with CLP (or some type of similar oil coating) or did they use Cosmoline?  Mine was just like yours and my dealer allowed me to open the Colt box as well when I got to the shop and mine had Cosmoline.....just curious.  Keep the cardboard tube that is inserted in the barrel as it contains a rust prohibitor that protects the barrel when in storage.  It lasts a number of years as well. 

I don't know if you've tried it, but Slip 2000 cleaner and Slip 2000 EWL work great on AR 15s by the way. 

Have fun.....great rifles.  I agree with you that they should provide a case of some sort (probably an Eagle) for that price, but Colt has always been strange in that regard.  I have a 1969 4" blued Colt Python that came in a cardboard and styrofoam box.  Go figure.......but their guns are superb.

[billt]

CDR,

Both of mine came pretty well soaked with what looks like some form of preservative, but thinner than cosmoline. I have a couple of bottles of Slip 2000 EWL. Both of my LWRC Rifles came packaged with it. It seems to be pretty good stuff.  Bill T.

[CDR]

Thanks Bill.

Slip 2000 EWL works great on semi auto handguns as well.  The two best lubricants I have found for handguns is Gun Butter and Slip 2000.  I've been using both and would recommend them very highly.  I've never had a FYF or FTE with either lube in nearly three years of use, with the exception of one bad Italian ACT 1911 magazine with bad feed lips that I eliminated from the mix.  The other advantage of Slip 2000 EWL is how easily carbon deposits clean up on both pistols and ARs.

[tombogan03884]

Bill, If the stuff on your rifles was thinner than cosmoline and white it was LSA a teflon lube that Colt developed just for the AR back in the 60's